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Lance J. LoRusso, Principal of the LoRusso Law Firm, Founder of Blue Line Law Institute, a former law enforcement officer, the FOP 2021 lawyer of the year, and the author of the critically acclaimed mystery novel Hunting of Men . Lance has firsthand experience in the law enforcement world and brings a unique perspective on the emotional and physical toll that police officers endure. Having worked...

Amy Goober is an action and accountability coach for women, helping them to put themselves on their own to do lists. She is the founder of Drive Your Life, a small group coaching program that supports women to get into the driver’s seat of their own lives using a unique 5 step process to achieve their most sought-after goals. Amy received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Cornell University...

Sally McQuillen , LCSW, CADC, is a psychotherapist in private practice specializing in addiction recovery, grief and trauma healing. An avid reader with a double major in writing and dance criticism in college, she began working in public relations and marketing prior to obtaining her master’s degree in social work.  Reaching for Beautiful  is Sally’s first book. She and her husband live on the no...

Tony Stewart  has made award-winning films for colleges and universities, written computer software that received rave reviews, designed a grants-management application that was used by three of the five largest charities in the world, and led the development of an international standard for the messages involved in buying and selling advertisements. Tony and his late wife Lynn Kotula, a painter,...

Dr. Thompson’s leadership and clinical skills were honed during his tenure as the chief resident of Internal Medicine at the University of Illinois Hospital. He graduated from Washington UniversitySchool of Medicine and completed his residency training at the University of Illinois Hospitals and Clinics. His expertise is recognized by the American Board of Internal Medicine, where he is board-cert...

SAMUEL JAY KEYSER  is a theoretical linguist. He is Peter de Florez Emeritus Professor, an emeritus member of the Linguistics and Philosophy faculty, and former Associate Provost at MIT. He has authored numerous books and scientific publications and is Editor-in-chief of the journal  Linguistic Inquiry . He is also a jazz trombone player. He lives in the Boston area.  Grab a copy of his book- http...

Born to a poor Jewish family in Cold War Budapest, Polgar would emerge as the one of the greatest female chess players the world has ever seen. While still a teenager, she became the first woman to qualify for the men’s World Chess Championship cycle. She went on to become the highest rated female chess player on the planet and, at age 21,  the first woman to earn the men’s Grandmaster title—chess...

SAMUEL ASHWORTH is a professor of creative writing at George Washington University and a former columnist at The Rumpus. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in the Washington Post Magazine, Longreads, Eater, and Gawker. A native New Yorker, he now lives with his wife and two sons in Washington, DC. A two-time ghostwriter, this is his first novel. Samuel Ashworth has been a bartender, a dancer...

Betsy Armstrong  grew up on a farm in Minnesota, but Chicago captured her country-mouse heart thirty-plus years ago, so she stayed. Betsy is a writer, mom, athlete, and philanthropist who wants to change the world. She has had careers in sales, counseling, and the non-profit space. Still, her true passion is running, which led her to become the Executive Director of Girls on the Run - Chicago and...

Ford Cooper, born and raised in Clarksville, Tennessee, is an emerging 23-year-old musician whose soulful melodies and introspective lyrics resonate with audiences worldwide.  Cooper’s music exemplifies the boundless possibilities of artistic expression. From the gritty sounds of 90’s grunge to the smooth rhythms of neo-soul, his musical journey is a testament to the transformative power of music....

Jennifer Anne Gordon (she/they)  is an award-winning author and podcast host. Her debut novel  Beautiful, Frightening and Silent  won the Kindle Book Award for Best Horror/Suspense for 2020, as well as the Best Horror Novel of the Year from Authors on The Air and was a finalist for American Book Fest’s Best Book Award- Horror, 2020. Her novel  Pretty/Ugly  won the Helicon Award for Best Horror for...

Meg Hamand has had a heart for storytelling since her first poem was published in an anthology in elementary school. Since then, she graduated with a degree in English and creative writing from Indiana State University. She’s been published in multiple print and online publications and recognized as Michiana 40 Under 40 by South Bend Chamber of Commerce. She lives in Northern Indiana with her high...

ALTERATIONS by Kate Maruyama (Running Wild Press; March 2025) is an absorbing Hollywood history and compelling love story forged with a rich literary family drama. Its characters allow the past and present to intertwine, highlighting how family, whether we like it or not, makes up who we are. Maruyama is best known as a horror writer, but this new novel is inspired by Maruyama’s aunt and her New E...

CLAUDIA ROWE  has been writing about the hallways where kids and government clash for more than 30 years. A native of New York City now living in Seattle, her reporting on racially skewed school discipline for  The Seattle Times  helped to change education laws in Washington State and her coverage of Latino youth gangs was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Rowe has also written for  The   New York T...

Barret Baumgart is an essayist, screenwriter, and the author of the nonfiction books  China   Lake  and  YUCK . His essays have appeared in  The Paris Review ,  The Gettysburg Review ,  The Iowa Review ,  The Rumpus ,  Vice ,  LitHub ,  The Seneca Review , and  The Literary Review , among others. He lives in Los Angeles. Grab a copy of the book-  YUCK : The Birth and Death of the Weird and Wondrou...

EDWARD L. JONES III  has been an award-winning writer in advertising and higher education. During his ad career, he won more than 350 awards for creativity. In his time away from advertising, Ed served as a community columnist for the  Charlotte Observer . He lives in the Winston-Salem, North Carolina area. This is his first book. Grab a copy- https://a.co/d/dDXaIsZ

Bremond Berry MacDougall is a graduate of University of Texas at Austin with a BA in Spanish. While raising her three children between Austin and New York City, she amassed a collection of many thousands of books that make up what she calls a “readers’ library” (as opposed to a collector’s library). Rather than first editions, it contains dog-eared favorites, collections from both of her grandmoth...

Kathleen Somers, a debut author, holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art, and works as a freelance graphic designer and copywriter. She is a passionate observer of humanity who believes in the power of connection that comes from each of us sharing our individual stories, and the importance of authenticity when doing it. Having spent 24 years guiding her son throu...

Khara is the published author of nine books who is passionate about turning pain points into possibilities. This means she loves talking about topics others wish to avoid, like leadership trauma, client suicide, and money shame. As a Social Enneagram Type Three Wing Two, perfectionist, certified financial therapist and serial entrepreneur who specializes in working with helping professionals, she...

Reflections from An Outside World (Hat and Beard Press; January 14, 2025) by Joshua Dean Rogers  is a thought-provoking collection of poems, aphorisms, essays, quotes, and illustrations written over the first 23 years of the 21st century.  Psychedelic Psalms , written in very short snippets for the attention spans of today’s readers, is a contemporary stew of poetry, essays and aphorisms, seeking...

Bonnie is best known as the author of an ongoing bestselling series of  Sherlock Holmes Adventures  for HarperCollins. But her long and accomplished artistic career spans three decades. After receiving her BA in Music and an MA in film from Stanford University, she took a development job at Universal Studios, and quickly was promoted to one of the main story editors for feature films. There she di...

HELEN SHEEHY  grew up on tenant farms in Oklahoma and Kansas. She’s worked as a dramaturg, written a theatre textbook, and authored biographies of three theatre pioneers:  Margo: The Life and Theatre of Margo Jones  (Southern Methodist University Press, 1989),  Eva Le Gallienne: A Biography  (Knopf, 1996), and  Eleonora Duse: A Biography  (Knopf, 2003). The latter two books were named  New York Ti...

Board certified Pediatrician and mother of 6 and grandma 3 grew up on a tobacco farm in eastern NC. As a young girl growing up in rural North Carolina, Lori didn’t have the luxuries of modern living—most notably, air conditioning. While helping her father around the farm, she once asked him if doctors worked in air-conditioned spaces. When he confirmed that they did, it sparked something in her: s...

Dr. Jann Blackstone specializes in child custody, co-parenting, divorce, and step family mediation. She is the author of multiple books on divorce, remarriage, and co-parenting, including  Ex-Etiquette for Parents: Good Behavior After Divorce and Separation ,  Ex-Etiquette for Weddings ,  Ex-Etiquette for Holidays , and  My Parents are Divorced, Too . Dr. Blackstone is also the founder of  Bonus F...

Loxley Brown, author of the newly released children's book  Rocket City Love,  is committed to encouraging young girls to dream big. Her book follows a young girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut—a narrative designed to empower readers, showing them that there are no limits to what they can achieve.  Space exploration has long been a male-dominated field. It wasn’t until the 1980s that Sally Ri...